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You Can Soon Buy a $4,370 Humanoid Robot on AliExpress
Unitree is bringing its R1 to international markets. It arrives with some aerobatic capabilities and an entry-level price, but the question of what you'd actually do with it remains open.
Marco Trabucchi
A New Implant Aims to Rewire the Brain to Help Stroke Patients
Epia Neuro’s brain-computer interface will include a motorized glove to help stroke patients recover movement in their hand.
Emily Mullin
They Built the ‘Cursor for Hardware.’ Now, Anthropic Wants In
Schematik is a program that aims to help people vibe code for physical devices. Hopefully, it won’t blow anything up.
Boone Ashworth
Your Vape Wants to Know How Old You Are
Companies hope that biometric age-verification tech in cartridges could put flavored vapes back in business. But it's unlikely to solve the real problems.
Boone Ashworth
Tech Companies Are Trying to Neuter Colorado’s Landmark Right-to-Repair Law
A bill in Colorado is a glimpse into the future of how corporations are working to limit the freedom people have to make their own fixes and upgrades.
Boone Ashworth
This Beanie Is Designed to Read Your Thoughts
California-based startup Sabi is developing a thought-to-text wearable that could usher in the cyborg future.
Emily Mullin
NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon
The White House has announced that NASA will work with the Departments of Defense and Energy to put nuclear reactors in orbit and on the surface of the moon.
Jorge Garay
Your Art Can Go in This San Francisco Alley
A trio of tech pranksters have launched a website where you can submit artwork and vote on which pieces belong in the final design. Of course, AI will scan for dick pics.
Boone Ashworth
The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets Flagged
Documents show the tax agency is testing a Palantir tool to surface “highest-value” audit and investigation targets from a maze of legacy systems.
Caroline Haskins
The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril
As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.
Kate Knibbs
The US Military’s GPS Software Is an $8 Billion Mess
The GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System was due for completion in 2016. Ten years later, the software for controlling the military’s GPS satellites still doesn’t work.
Stephen Clark, Ars Technica
How Trump’s Plot to Grab Iran's Nuclear Fuel Would Actually Work
Experts say that an American ground operation targeting nuclear sites in Iran would be incredibly complicated, put troops’ lives at great risk—and might still fail.
Caroline Haskins